An explosive device was found in a checked piece of luggage at Pennsylvania's Lehigh Valley International Airport, according to a criminal complaint.
A photo of Mark Muffley, 40, of Lansford, Pennsylvania, released in a criminal complaint.An explosive device was found in a checked piece of luggage at Pennsylvania's Lehigh Valley International Airport on Monday, according to a criminal complaint.Muffley, 40, was set to take an Allegiant flight from eastern Pennsylvania to Florida's Orlando Sanford International Airport.
The bag also had "a can of butane, a lighter, a pipe with white powder residue, a wireless drill with cordless batteries, and two GFCI outlets taped together with black tape," the complaint said. The device was detected during "routine screening," when the suitcase triggered an alarm when it entered the baggage screening unit, the Transportation Security Administration said in a statement. While inspecting the baggage, a TSA officer "located an item inside the suitcase that appeared to be suspicious and was believed to possibly be a live explosive device," the agency said.
A Transportation Security Administration agent's patch is seen as she helps travelers place their bags through the 3-D scanner at the Miami International Airport on May 21, 2019 in Miami.Muffley was paged over the airport’s public system to come to the security desk, the criminal complaint said. Five minutes later, security cameras showed Muffley leaving the airport, the complaint said.
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